Improved curtain-fixture



roller-end in said ring-socket.

` UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HUBERT L. JUDD, OI" NENV BRITIAN, CONNECTICUT.

IMPROVED CU FtTAlN-FIXTU RE.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 45,4 I3, dated De e .iber 13, 1864,

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, HUBERT L. JUDD, of New Britain, in the county of llartford and State t' Connecticut, haveinveiited, made, and applied to use a certain new and useful Improvement in Curtain-Fixtures; and I do llereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact. description of the said invention, reierl ence being had to the annexed drawings, making part ot' this specification, wherein- Figure l is a section ofthe curtainroller at the ends and the fixtures sustaining the saine, and Fig. 2 is a side View of the tixture at the end of the curtain-roller.

Similar marks of reference denote the same parts.

Curtain-fixtures have heretofore been made with a ring-shaped socket to take one Vend of the roller, and a spring at the other end acting against the pin or arbor oi' the roller, producing the pressure necessary for hoidin g the weight of the curtain by the friction of the A spool is attached to or formed with such roller, upon which a cord is wound in the act of drawing down the curtain, and the reverse operation is performed as the curtain-is drawn up, by pulling the cord ott' the spool.

In fixtures ot' this class diiculty has been experienced in securing the spring to the bracket. Rivets and screws have been employed for this purpose, but theyare very liable tocause the spring to break at the points where the spring is perforated for their reception.

The nature ot' my said invention consists in forming the bracket in such. a manner as to receive and sustain a straight or nearly straight. spring Without rivets, screws, or perforations. Thereby the sprin gis not weakened and little or no cost is involved in the intro-A duction of said spring.

In the drawings, a represents the curtainroller, b the spool forthe cord, and c the ring socket or bracket receiving the end of the roller, all as usual.

dis the journal or arbor of the roller, pass ing into a hole in the bracket e and projecting slightly through on the other side, so as to press against the spring f. lThis spring f is introduced from the spool-side of the bracket and passed behind the socket or hole.for d and sprung into recesses i i, formed in said bracket e, which recesses, receiving and sustaining the spring f, render riveting or screwin g for securin g said sp1-in g unnecessary; ,hence said sprin g is more durable, less costly to make'a-nd introduce, is not weakenedor injured by perforations, and simply has to be cut on to the proper length and slipped into place. Y

`What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- Securing the spring f by the recesses t' i in the manner and for the purposes specified.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my signature this 31st day of October, 1864.

HUBERT L JUDl).

Witnesses:

LEMUEL W. SERRELL, CnAs. ll. SMITH. 

